The Ones Against Us

CHAPTER 9

"He's not answering," Cydney expressed her concerns as she lowered her phone down.

When the two arrived at the school, they were questioned for the reason that there were no pupils on the premises. Furia then encountered the cafeteria doors were fully open and moved over to it.

As the two strolled inside, they saw their older brother who was laying on the floor, unconsciously. Furia hurried her way up to him as Cydney follows.

Furia had tenderly patted his cheeks and said. "Zire? Can you hear me? Zire!",

The woman leaned down close to her brother, checking to see if he was still breathing, which he was. She then let a sigh out before going ahead with the action.

"Zire!" She roared and slapped him across the face.

The man had opened his eyes as the sting of the slap on his face had worn off. And he was gasping for air, he groaned and held his cheeks. While he attempted to stood up.

"Oh good, you're awake" she said.

"What the hell happened?" she asked,

The captain went up to his feet and replied,

"...Garrett was here, he tried to murder Cydee while acquiring the energy, he's all alone, we have to go and find him."

Loud screams from one of the buildings interrupted their conversation, and the three exited the cafeteria. Whilst Cydney is on her way to retrieve her brother, as the two humanoids chased the location of the noises.

"Don't get too anxious and nervous! We'll merely ask you to take each of your hoodies off!" Cassius demanded, pointing the shotgun at the teacher, sitting on his desk.

Some of the teenagers raised their hands in fright, while the others were compelled to remove their jackets. As the students finished what the gentleman had commanded them to, Cassius aimed his gaze at Baron signaling him to investigate each pupil.

Baron then addressed the youngsters, inspecting each of their forearms. When he was finished, he turned to Cassius and told him that no energy had been discovered in them. They took a minute to leave the room before moving on to the next one.

Furia, who was leading the way up the passageway and the corridors as Zire closely followed from behind. She came to a halt, focusing on the sound, before swiftly turning the other way.

The pupils were forced to stand when Baron pounded on the door with his weapon. Their teacher changed his directions and dropped the marker as he raised his hands up in terror.

"As long as you follow my orders, no one will be threatened. Understood?" Cassius had inquired.

They all nodded their heads in response, removing their lab coats, and goggles off their faces. As Baron did the exact same thing in the previous rooms, examining each of their forearms.

"Have you heard anything from Droid?" While heading forward, Zire questioned.

Furia replied, "No... I haven't." They continued to walk in the same direction.

~

Garrett rapidly moved his head to the boy's way when he heard the bump, and Cydee gradually rolled his eyes on him. After that, the man took a step forward while loading his firearm.

The junior, horrified, mustered the nerve to exit the library. But not before noticing a stack of textbooks in front of him. He used and tossed them in the opposite way, creating a fuss and distracting the man as he left.

Garrett had been misled. He then heard sudden footsteps and, with a bend on the edge of his lips, took his time chasing after the child.

Cydney, on the lookout for her brother, kept her eyes peeled to the sides as she walked onward. In an attempt to see if Garrett was nearby, the boy glanced over his shoulder and accidently banged into someone. Cydee was about to apologize, until he saw her face, as a result of his relief. Cydney was surprised aswell.

"Cydney thank goodness! You gotta help me! He-he's after me! I'm sorry I didn't answer your call!" the junior had said in fright.

"Oh for heavens sake, are you alright? Did he hurt you?" She asked as she confronted her brother.

"No-no he didn't!" The boy had responded,

"...Okay, okay C'mon let's go" the sister replied, while leading them to a place where they could hide.

During their search, the two has to make sure that no one else is in the area.

The subordinate is all alone in his chamber. He was sitting in front of the glowing screen in his depressing and dark office, staring at it intently. The man sent the message to Baron without a second thought.

He got up and started pacing back and forth in his room. He watched at the changing values on the panel. Finally, the message was delivered. Droid slumped on his desk, as a check mark popped up.

The man had whispered, "I'm sorry, your Excellency..." as he sighed.

Silence was filled within the entire chamber, he then had become aware that there was another person in the room with him. He had raised his head up and remarked,

"Come out Hasstler. You can finally report me to our superior... if you must"

His palms shoved inside his coat. Nikolai then went a leap further, to make himself less visible in the ambient light. While sniggering, a little smug smile had arose within his expression.

"...You've been waiting for this moment, am I correct?", Droid had inquired, whilst facing the man.

"I've waited years for this moment, you're head being ripped in front of our organization to prove how much of a traitor you are!", Nikolai had said it in a brag-worthy manner.

After the two men had shared their glimpses. Two towering bots emerged on Hasstler's side and he commanded,

"Cuff him, and take him to Nazarath's station. I'll follow afterwards",

Droid was cuffed around his back, and the two cyborgs had carried out his directions. The man came to a standstill as the three began walking, and his stare was drawn to Nikolai.

Droid added in a deep intense voice before leaving the chamber. "See you in hell."

"I have no remembrance of the boy's appearance... I assessed each kid and considered that they were clean and free of the energy " thus according to Baron,

"We'd be wasting our time if we visited every room in the facility–" The lab doors were slammed opened, and Cassius saw Zire and Furia with a firearm in their hands.

"Drop your weapon." As he positioned the g*n at Cassius, Zire gave the order.

"Are you seriously threatening little children? Just for the sake of that damn energy?" Furia had irritatedly argued.

"This is none of your business, please get out, we don't want to cause serious harm to you both." Baron implored.

"So you're backstabbing us now?" Cassius had talked back.

"You do realize that once Nazarath acquires the energy, she'll execute us, right?" Furia had responded,

The Delta Caviller commander had inquired, "How come you're so positive about that?",

"Then what's the meaning of Droid's pointless message to us?! It's unmistakably a warning! And we should be grateful because he is looking out for us!" She had exclaimed angrily.

"I haven't received any messages from Droid yet..." Baron interrupted. Only after seeing a blue projected screen occur beneath of him. As he viewed it, his mouth fell open.

The Jovian captain took a look at the three and claimed,

"She's... she's right"

The three humanoids locked their gaze on the Jovian. Cassius couldn't believe his eyes, Baron then lowered his weapon down. Cassius gave Furia a glimpse and commented,

"No," whilst pointing the g*n at her.

Just as he was ready to pull the trigger. Zire seized his sister beside him as he fired through the bricked wall behind them, Cassius ducked, and when he picked his head up, Zire pushed him down by the window.

Breaking the thick glass apart, the two fell down, crashing on the field. The two captains continued to tumble across the grass, after rolling for a longer time in the meadow. They then pulled and dusted themselves up.

Cassius stood up and had said,

"Your vow as the Captain of Alpha Centaurus II was to be faithful to your own organization!",

"There are times when it is necessary for us to break our own vows for the sake of others," Zire had said.

The gentleman started laughing, and when he finishes, the man paused for a second before speaking. And had said,

"As it turns out, Garrett was right in his judgments. It is you who we are fighting against with",

Furia and Baron looked closely at the wall that had collapsed. The two swapped edgy gazes. As a result of this, Baron pointed his g*n at Zire's sister. And he had said,

"One more step, and I'll shoot you... don't make me do it Furia!",

"But your forcing me to do it" she had answered back.

The woman then rushed at Baron, hitting him in the chest. The man jumped to his feet, snatched her hair, and slammed her face into the brick wall, causing her nose to leak in blood.

The youngsters yelled in panic and rushed out from the room as soon as the action started.

Swinging behind him, she reached out and grasped his arm, pushing him against the table as she did so. A beaker from the table was then grabbed by Baron, who smacked it on her head.

Furia took a stumbling step backwards, resting against the lab cabinets, and wiped the blood from her nostrils.

"You're just a girl who's defenseless and weak... is that everything you've got?" Baron made a snide remark.

"You're right. I'm a girl, but that doesn't mean I can't prove you wrong!" She exclaimed fiercely as she dashed up to him and jammed him into the cracking wall.

The two fell as they ended to slide down the field.

Cydney and Cydee had come across their siblings fighting in the meadows and decided to intervene. Some students were filming the fight on their phones, while the others cheered and stared out their windows.

"It's impossible to escape! Surrender now and hand over the energy to me!" Garrett yelled as he approached them from distance.

"Oh crap! He's coming for me!" the boy screamed out of fear as he ran towards the field. As Cydney follows.

In the meantime, at the monument. Droid, that's standing before their Matriarch. The handcuffs around his wrists were tight,

As Nazarath slapped him roughly in the cheeks, he groaned in distress. The sting had turned a reddish color from across his face. He was forced to kneel as the bots gripped his head facing the the sparkling ceiling from above, exposing his throat.

"I had complete trust in you, yet you ended up betraying us..."

The enormous chamber fell silent when Nikolai intervened, saying,

"Should we chop his head off then?" As he drew a sharp blade out.

"No", their superior replied.

"If we do it now, Zire and Furia will miss out on the excitement. I'm sick and tired of waiting, send him to the ship and get all of the bots ready at once." Nikolai obeyed the Matriarch's command.

~

At the Centaurus' station. Greer and Feint, on the other hand, had ripped the cables out of each of the bot's backs, while waiting for their captain's orders.

It was their plan to flee away. Despite the fact that Nazarath's cyborgs have captured and confined them up, they are powerless to confront these massive robots themselves.

"It's entirely your fault!" Greer had exclaimed as his wrists were tied, and Feint, who sat at the opposite of him, had done the same.

"How did it become my fault?!" the man enragedly inquired.

"We should've gotten out of here sooner, but you took your time eating that stupid sandwich!" he retorted.

"Oh, shut up! I was starving!–" Feint was about to finish his sentence when Nikolai cut him off and said,

"Enough. The two of you" He sighed as he removed the two-way radio from their side.

"Enjoy rotting in here in your ridiculous station, we'll just have a little bit of amusement at Gaia." Nikolai said as he walked away, heading towards the large ship, followed by the other two ruinous aircrafts.